Empire Justice Memo of Support - remove barrriers to child care

Empire Justice urges Assembly to pass bill A.3657/S.2091 removing huge barrier to child care assistance. Read More

Empire Justice Memo of Support - encourage applicants for child care subsidies to obtain orders of support

The Empire Justice Center strongly supports this bill ((S.2091(Montgomery)/A.3657 (Scarborough)) which encourages applicants for child care subsidies to obtain orders of support, but does not require such child support orders as a condition of receiving a subsidy. The current child support eligibility requirement, which has no basis in statute, has a detrimental effect on the most vulnerable children in New York State. Read More

Empire Justice Memo of Support - remove barrriers to child care

Empire Justice urges Assembly to pass bill A.3657/S.2091 removing huge barrier to child care assistance. Read More

Empire Justice Memo of Support - encourage applicants for child care subsidies to obtain orders of support

The Empire Justice Center strongly supports this bill ((S.2091(Montgomery)/A.3657 (Scarborough)) which encourages applicants for child care subsidies to obtain orders of support, but does not require such child support orders as a condition of receiving a subsidy. The current child support eligibility requirement, which has no basis in statute, has a detrimental effect on the most vulnerable children in New York State. Read More

Empire Justice Center Testimony on the Governor's Proposed Deficit Reduction Plan

In the Governor’s proposed Deficit Reduction Plan, several funding streams, are slated for substantial cuts that will not only undermine your commitment and the Assembly’s commitment to legal assistance, but will also result in INCREASED costs to the state. Read More

Empire Justice Center Testimony at the Public Protection Hearing for 2009-2010

For the Empire Justice Center, state funding is a critical part of our annual budget – with it we are able to provide training, support and technical assistance in a broad array of substantive law areas to legal services staff throughout the state. Read More

Empire Justice Center Testimony on the 2009-2010 Human Services Executive Budget Proposal

Our testimony today will focus on a series of recommendations for the human services budget and will touch on the need to restore the elimination of civil legal services funding. Read More